Extending all support to J&K Govt: Naidu
TNN Bureau. Updated: 4/26/2017 12:41:09 AM
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NEW DELHI: The Centre is extending all support for tackling the terrorist menace and development to the J&K government which should take all steps to counter terror and separatist activities, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu said today. "I don't want to make any comments and complicate the situation. Jammu and Kashmir government has to take all the steps to effectively counter all the terrorist and separatist activities and also anti-national activities inspired by our neighbour," Naidu told reporters here.
The minister was responding to a query over Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi today and whether the state government was doing enough to counter terrorism.
Naidu said the Union government is extending all support to the state both for development as well as for tackling the terrorist menace.
Modi may have shared his thoughts on Jammu and Kashmir with Mufti during the meeting, he said, adding, "I don't want to add anything more on this." Mufti had a 20-minute meeting with Modi at his residence here.
Kashmir is in the grip of violence since the April 9 by- poll for the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency. The security forces are under intense pressure as they are faced with almost daily protests and stone-pelting.